Global Heat Flow Database

The data presented in the following files were sourced from the global heat flow database of the International Heat Flow Commission (website: http://www.heatflow.und.edu/index2.html), which is managed by the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND USA. The project PI and site and heat flow database administrator is professor William Gosnold, PhD; please reference the website for additional details regarding contacts, project history, scope and objectives.

Each of the .csv datasets available on the heat flow website were extracted, and converted to GIS-friendly formats: 1) “shapefiles” - which can be loaded into most any program that accepts shapefiles, 2) “layer packs” - which are files specific to ArcMap, and can be added to your open project by clicking on the file to extract the layer pack, and 3) KMZ files - which can be loaded into Google Earth, or other programs that accept KMZ format. Note that a “Global” heat flow point file is available in each format, which includes all data in the heat flow database, and secondly the heat flow data files are available for each geographic region reflected in the online heat flow database. Additionally, a metadata file (after Jessop, Hobart and Sclater, 1975) is included in each download file that explains data columns in the attribute tables. The files have been zipped for more efficient downloads.